1、Unit 2 Poems.阅读理解Every Wednesday，I go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community in Brookfield，Illinois，US，with my classmates to do community service.Our visits last about an hour，and we bring 2530 students every time.We play board games and cards with the elderly while were there.Y
2、ou can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “life back then”，but nothing compares to talking to the people who were actually there.Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible.Whether it was talking to 98yearold “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days as a r
3、oller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor，I was completely mesmerized by every single memory the elderly wanted to share with me.Even those who dont have amazing memories make the experience fulfilling (充实的)I remember visiting Mrs Robinson.She couldnt recall mu
4、ch about her past，but she told me shed never forget how kind I was just to listen to her.It made me realize that its the little things that make life worth living.If theres one thing Ive realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，its that presencejust being theremeans more than anything to many
5、of them.And despite how busy our lives are，theres always time to make someones day.本文属于故事类文章，讲述作者去敬老院做义工的经历，并从该经历收获了很多。1Why does the author go to Cantata Adult Life Services regularly?ATo play board games. BTo visit the elderly.CTo watch movies. DTo share stories.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段Every Wednesday，I
6、go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community in Brookfield，Illinois，US，with my classmates to do community service.可知，作者去敬老院的目的是慰问老人，故选B。2The underlined word “mesmerized” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_”Aconfused BannoyedCencouraged Dattracted答案：D解析：猜测词义题。根据第四段I was compl
7、etely mesmerized by every single memory the elderly wanted to share with me.Even those who dont have amazing memories make the experience fulfilling (充实的)可知，作者被老人的经历所吸引，故选D。3What may be the most important to the elderly according to the author?AStaying with them. BThe special old days.CShowing patie
8、nce. DAmazing experiences.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段 If theres one thing Ive realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，its that presencejust being theremeans more than anything to many of them.可知本题答案为A。.话题写作翻译或完成下列句子，注意黑体部分要用到本单元的单词、短语或句型，然后将其合并成一篇短文。1这个队由四名成员组成。(be made up of)The_team_is_made_up_of_f
9、our_members.2他们要把这批货物运到邻市，并换成鱼。(convey，exchange)They_were_to_convey_the_goods_to_the_neighbouring_city_and_exchange_them_for_fish.3这座城市在过去的几年里变成了一个知名渔港。(transform.into.)The_city_has_been_transformed_into_a_famous_fishing_port_in_the_past_few_years.4在出发前，经理告诉他们万一汽油用完了，不要紧张。(take it easy，run out)Befor
10、e_they_left,_the_manager_told_them_they_should_take_it_easy_in_case_the_petrol_ran_out.5如果这样的话，他们应该向当地人尤其是向当地警察求助。(in particular)If_so,_they_should_turn_to_the_local_people,_the_local_police_in_particular.6但是，最后他们成功到达了目的地。(eventually)But_they_eventually_got_to_the_destination_successfully.7他们成功的原因是他
11、们走了条近路。(reason)The_reason_why_they_succeeded_was_that_they_took_a_short_cut.请将以上句子连成一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的短文。The_team_made_up_of_four_members_were_to_convey_the_goods_to_the_neighbouring_city_which_has_been_transformed_into_a_famous_fishing_port_in_the_past_few_years_and_exchange_them_for_fish.Before_they_left,_the_manager_told_them_they_should_take_it_easy_in_case_the_petrol_ran_out.If_so,_they_should_turn_to_the_local_people,_the_local_police_in_particular.But_they_eventually_got_to_the_destination_successfully.The_reason_why_they_succeeded_was_that_they_took_a_short_cut.
